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Celeste Steinberg Albert graduated from BCHSJS in 1996. Celeste is the Coordinator of Teen Programs at Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County. She coordinates the Jewish Community Youth Foundation which is a Jewish youth philanthropy program where teens evaluate grant requests and determine how they want to contribute their pool of money which consists of the students’ donations and matching funds. Celeste also coordinates Gesher LeKesher, a Jewish peer leadership program that trains 11th and 12th grade students from all backgrounds of Judaism to lead group discussions on hot topics through a Jewish lens. She received her Bachelors in Psychology at The College of New Jersey where she was the Jewish Student Union/Hillel President for two years. Celeste went on to receive her Masters in Social Work at Rutgers School of Social Work and also has worked at Rutgers and at Stockton College as a Housing Director and Counselor. Celeste is also President of Hadassah L’Dor V’Dor, Young Women of Raritan Valley, NJ. Celeste has also coordinated the Haboger, a central New Jersey Jewish Young Professionals Havurah. In her free time, she loves to bead and owns her own jewelry business. Celeste also plays bass clarinet and is a member of the Eastern Wind Symphony. Celeste resides in Marlton, New Jersey with her husband Brian.
Diane Schustermann-Bank graduated from BCHSJS in 1984. She graduated from SUNY Onneota with a B.S. in Elementary Education, received an M.Ed. from William Paterson University also in Elementary Education, and was certified in New York and New Jersey for teaching N-8.
Diane taught elementary school in public and private schools for 14 years during which time she also served as a congregational Hebrew School Principal for nine years. She credits Fred Nagler for mentoring her in this position.
Diane attended UJA's Super Sunday in her junior and senior years at BCHSJS and has continued working at Super Sunday ever since. She participated in L'Atid, the UJA leadership course, and was the coordinator for Shalom Baby, a UJA committee that welcomes new parents into the Jewish community. She has served on her synagogue Israel Action Committee and was the coordinator of its Playgroup Committee.
Among many trips to Israel were two separate Volunteer for Israel trips.
Diane's two children attend Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County.
Sarah Bernal graduated from BCHSJS in 1998. She enlisted in the New Jersey Army National Guard as a Transportation Specialist and attended Montclair State University graduating with a Justice Studies major and a minor in Paralegal Studies. She was activated for several state emergencies during her time in the National Guard including Hurricane Floyd in 1999, Kosovo Refugees in 1999, and Operation Noble Eagle: 9/11 Terrorist Attacks during September 2001-March 2002.
In February of 2003, Sarah was attached with the 253rd Transportation Company from Cape May, New Jersey and mobilized for Operation Iraqi Freedom. While in Iraq, Sarah transported materials from Balad to Mosul, provided security for LSA Anaconda and supported the 101st Airborne Division on various missions. In January of 2005, Sarah commenced Officer Candidate School in Sea Girt, New Jersey graduating as an Honor Graduate and earning her Commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. In 2007, she graduated from Airborne School and was assigned to Foxtrot Company, 250th Brigade Support Battalion. In June 2008, Sarah was again mobilized in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with Foxtrot Company, 250th BSB, serving as Executive Officer and as a Staff Officer with the 320th Military Police Battalion in Camp Bucca, Iraq. Currently, she is assigned as a TAC Officer, training candidates to become officers in the United States Army Officer Candidates Program for New Jersey.
Sarah currently works for the Office of the Public Defender as an Investigator for the Law Guardian Office. Sarah works with the Attorney’s that represent children involved in abuse and neglect cases, DYFS cases. She is a member of the Jewish Center of Teaneck.
Gabrielle Carlin graduated from BCHSJS in 2001. While at BCHSJS she served as Vice President of the Student Council in 2000-2001. Gabrielle graduated from Binghamton University in 2005 with a double degree in Political Science and Italian Language & Literature. While at Binghamton she was active in Jewish Heritage Programs (JHP) and served as a lead intern from 2002 – 2005. Currently Gabrielle is a Campaign Executive at the Jewish National Fund (JNF), caretaker of the land of Israel and global environmental leader. Gabrielle is the founding professional of JNFuture, JNF’s young philanthropy program committed to engaging and energizing the next generation in the mission of JNF. She serves as the chair of ViZion, an organization for professionals working in the Israel/Zionist/Jewish community. Gabrielle is currently pursuing a Masters in Public Administration with a concentration in non-profit management from Baruch College School of Public Affairs. Outside of work and school, Gabrielle enjoys running, spending time with family and friends and, of course, playing the guitar.
Joshua Einstein graduated from BCHSJS in 2000. He was raised in Teaneck,, but currently lives in Hoboken
where he is the leader and founding member of Moishe House Jersey, the New Jersey branch of Moishe House, an international Jewish organization dedicated to fostering organic grass roots Jewish community for Jews in their 20's and 30's. He attended Rutgers where he majored in Political Science and engaged in Israel activism on campus. At Rutgers, with a small activist core of friends, he successfully battled and defeated the nation's leading extremist campus anti-Israel group by providing a philo-Zionist narrative through innovative programming. He has worked in the Jewish non-profit world as a professional for pro-Israel groups including a Taglit-Birthright Israel provider, and at the Jewish Agency for Israel. He enjoys political conversation and science fiction.
Shira Eve Epstein graduated from BCHSJS in 1995. She graduated from Rutgers University in 1999 and then taught in the New York City public schools. In 2007, she received her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University and is presently an assistant professor at City College (CUNY) in the Department of Secondary Education. She teaches classes in curriculum design and teaching methods for secondary English classes (grades 7 - 12). Her research focuses on citizenship education and how adolescents can be involved in social action projects during the school day. She brings her interest in activism to the New York City Jewish world too, as she sits on the board of Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.
Charles Fleischner graduated from BCHSJS in 1998 and has been consistently active in the BCHSJS community since graduating. While an undergraduate student at Temple University, he was granted early admission into New Jersey Medical School. He earned his medical doctorate while teaching part time at BCHSJS and starring in the popular off-Broadway musical A Match Made in Manhattan. Currently employed as a senior Emergency Medicine resident at University Hospital in Newark, he will complete his residency this June.
Charles has given back to the BCHSJS community by participating as an advisor in numerous Shabbatonim, chaperoning on field trips, and substitute teaching for theater, medical ethics, and basic Judaism courses. He currently serves on the board of the Jewish Outreach Network which hosts social networking and educational events for high school and college students. In March, Charles was nominated from over 500 doctors for the prestigious Golden Apple Teaching Award at New Jersey Medical School. He currently resides in Teaneck with his wife Julie.
Alison Freiman graduated from BCHSJS in 2002. She then went to the United States Air Force Academy were she was active in the Jewish cadet program. She graduated in 2006 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the US Air Force. She was stationed at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii from 2006-2009 were she worked as a civil engineer. During that time she completed a deployment to Iraq. She is currently getting her masters degree in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
Ari Fridkis graduated from BCHSJS in 1976. He was among the first students to attend BCHSJS in 1974. Ari has been a Reform rabbi for twenty-one years and a psychotherapist for eighteen. Ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Fridkus received his clinical MSW from Yeshiva University. He specializes in couples coaching and counseling in his private practice on the Upper West Side. A congregational rabbi for many years, he is the Founder and Director of TORAHnyc: a new organization devoted to shedding the light of Torah onto all who are in search of a deeper connection to Judaism.
Michael Glick graduated from BCHSJS in 1988. He then attended the University of Maryland for his B.A., while serving in the U.S. Army Reserve as a Civil Affairs Specialist. Following his undergraduate degree, Michael worked as a senior public affairs officer for the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. from 1993 through 1997. While working at the Embassy, Michael was responsible to speaking to numerous groups on Israeli policy, and had the opportunity to work with the Media and Communications Team on all official Israeli governmental visits and events, from the signing of the Israeli-Palestinian Declaration of Principles in September 1993 to various diplomatic visits by Israeli premiers and dignitaries.
Since 1997, Michael has worked for CoStar Group, the leader in the commercial real estate information industry, whereupon he serves a director of software development. In 2003, Michael was sent to London for a one-year assignment to work on integrating a recent company acquisition.
Michael is an active member of Beth Sholom Congregation of Potomac, Maryland, and volunteers for Operation Embrace, an organization that offers direct financial assistance for medical, therapeutic, and rehabilitative needs to injured survivors of terror attacks in Israel. He is married with three children.
Andrew Halperin graduated from the BCHSJS in 1985. He currently lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, Brenda, and two girls Sarah (8) and Haley (6). As an integral part of the Jewish community in the greater Boulder area, they are very involved, not only in their own synagogue, Congregation Har HaShem, but in the community as whole. Andrew, currently Vice President of the Synagogue, will be transitioning to the position of President this coming May. In addition to the time he volunteers in the Jewish community, he has also taught and guided mountaineering with the Colorado Mountain Club. When not in shul, at the board table, climbing or skiing with his family, Andrew gets his kicks with triathlon. Having competed internationally and in over 10 Ironman competitions and over 80 other triathlons, he enjoys racing as much as training.
Adi Helfer graduated from BCHSJS in 1999. She is currently the Development Coordinator for The ISEF Foundation, which works to advance Israel’s well-being by opening the doors of higher education for capable Israelis from underserved communities. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst with a B.A. in Sociology and Psychology, Adi moved to Israel to pursue a Master’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies from Ben Gurion University of the Negev. For four years Adi has represented over a dozen non-profit organizations throughout Israel that promote human rights, justice and social welfare for a broad scope of needy populations. Adi resides in New York City and credits BCHSJS with inspiring her to pursue Jewish values of social justice and equality, and for providing her with a strong Jewish identity and life-long friendships.
Ben Isecke graduated from BCHSJS in 1998 and still counts people he met there among his closest friends. He currently directs the Yorktown Jewish Center Choir, and leads an award-winning vocal music program at the McNair Academic High School in Jersey City which is dually focused on making great music and on community service. His choir is performing at Carnegie Hall for the second time this spring. They are also going to New Orleans for the second time this summer to work in area schools and to help victims of Hurricane Katrina. Ben was a finalist in the WABC Above and Beyond Award which honors people in the tri-state area who are making an importance difference in their schools and communities.
Ben previously directed the New York chapter of HaZamir, the International Jewish High School Choir, and a choir at BCHSJS itself. He received his MM in Choral Conducting from the Mannes College of the New School for Music under Mark Shapiro in 2006. Prior to this, he majored in Music and Computer Science at Williams College where he was the student conductor of the college choir and the conductor of the Elizabethans, an acapella choir.
Lisa Jaffe graduated from BCHSJS in 1998. She attended Washington University in St. Louis. While at Wash U, Lisa served in several different leadership roles including co-chair of the Conservative Minyan, Social Justice Director of Jewish Student Union, and the student representative to the St. Louis Jewish Community Relations Council. While attending the Jewish Council for Public Affairs Plenum in 2000, Lisa heard Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach for America, speak about her idea of closing the achievement gap in urban areas around the country and was inspired to join Teach for America. Following her graduation, Lisa spent five years teaching at a struggling school in the South Bronx, graduated from Bank Street College of Education with a Master’s degree in General Childhood Education, and for the last three years has taught third grade in New York City's gifted and talented program.
A long time Camp Ramah in the Berkshires camper and staff member, Lisa continues to be involved with Ramah professionally by running Camp Ramah in the Berkshires' Ta'am Ramah (Taste of Ramah program) each summer. In addition, Lisa teaches tefillot, holidays, and Judaic studies as part of B'nai Jeshurun's small group tutoring program and coordinates the Jewish Community Center of Paramus' childrens High Holiday program each year. She currently lives in Manhattan and attends Kehillat Hadar, a traditional, egalitarian minyan on the Upper West Side.
Sheryl Jaffe graduated from BCHSJS in 2001. She is an art therapist, with experience working with both adolescents and adults affected by persistent mental illness and/or HIV/AIDS. After earning a BA in Psychology, with secondary fields in Public Health and Jewish Studies, Sheryl completed her graduate degree in Art Therapy with a vision of pursuing tikkun olam through the creative arts. As a former religious school and Hebrew High teacher, Sheryl's goal was to sustain her students' curiosity--even early on Sunday mornings. This led her to developing and implementing a curriculum for ninth graders at a large synagogue in Northern Virginia, in addition to freelance work as an illustrator and contributing writer for several Jewish publications.
While Sheryl grew up in River Edge, she spent more than eight years in Washington, DC, where she actively participated in two independent minyanim, DC Minyan and Tikkun Leil Shabbat, as well as the inaugural cohort of 'Justice & Jewish Thought' through Jews United for Justice. Sheryl fondly reminisces about BCHSJS, as it exemplifies a positive model for non-denominational Jewish learning while also fostering leadership among its students. Sheryl is a veteran Ramahnik who credits her ruach to having spent a combination of sixteen summers at Camp Ramah, and her family, who inspire her through their own Jewish communal leadership. Currently, she resides in Jerusalem, where she is participating in the Year Program at Pardes Institute for Jewish Studies and works with Ethiopian pre-teens at a nearby housing project as a volunteer.
Danielle Josephs graduated from BCHSJS in 2003. She is currently a second-year student at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Philadelphia. She completed her undergraduate studies at Douglass College of Rutgers University. While at Rutgers, Danielle established the Middle East Coexistence House-- a living-learning community for Israeli/Jewish and Arab/Muslim women. The mission of the House is to bridge the gap between the two communities and encourage women's involvement in international conflict resolution and negotiation. The Middle East Coexistence House has since been institutionalized at Rutgers and is currently in its fourth year. The model is also being replicated at the International Christian University in Tokyo for Japanese, Chinese, and Korean students. As an undergraduate, Danielle was actively involved in Rutgers Hillel and functioned as its President and Israel Director. For two years, she served as a student representative on the Hillel International Board of Directors. Danielle had an extremely rewarding experience at BCHSJS and looks forward to continuing her active involvement in the Jewish community for years to come.
Daniel Max Kestin graduated from BCHSJS in 1997. He is a computer guru based in New York City. His company, Kestin Technology Solutions, helps businesses use software to manage, market and grow. Daniel's clients have ranged from small one-person start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. He has expertise in cross-platform software integration, data synchronization, and workflow implementations.
Daniel has been Hazon's pro-bono tech-guru since 2001, and part of Hazon's Board of Directors since 2004. In this role, he manages the website and gives computer advice, support, and training to the staff. He is an active member of Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, which is a large and inclusive community on Manhattan's Upper West Side. He co-chairs the large hevre kaddisha, which coordinates shiva minyanim, Tahara, and a number of other services to assist families in mourning. Daniel has received previous acclaim: In 2009, Daniel was honored as one of the New York Jewish Week's "36 Under 36"; in 2004, Daniel was honored as Hazon's first ever Person of the Year ; and in 1998, Daniel became an Eagle Scout.
Originally from Fair Lawn, Daniel now lives in New York City with his wife, Elissa, and their cat, Connor. Daniel enjoys biking, hiking, skiing, boating, reading, theatre, music, movies, and spending time with his young nieces and nephews. Daniel graduated from the Joint Program with Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary with degrees in Computer Science and Modern Jewish Studies.
Dane (Dana) Kuttler graduated from BCHSJS in 2004, and has sought - and found - Jewish community ever since. While attending Smith College, she was a cook and manager in the student kosher kitchen, sat on the executive board of Hillel, minored in Jewish Studies, studied Jewish History in Prague for a semester, wrote four editions of her own Haggadah, and generally caused as much good-natured trouble as possible.
After she graduated from college, Dane pursued one of her great loves - performance poetry - by taking a seven week tour across the US, performing poems from New Jersey to Seattle. She decided to stay in Seattle a while, and moved from New Jersey one week before Pesach. She attended a seder at the Ravenna Kibbutz, a Jewish cohousing community on Seattle's north side, fell in love with them all, and moved in three weeks later. As a resident of the Kibbutz, Dane organizes several Jewish programming events per month, hosts Shabbat dinner for 40 on a regular basis, and is working on setting up a college summer internship program for students who want to learn about cohousing, Jewish community, and nonprofit work.
When she's not being a professional Jew or a touring poet, Dane works with special needs kids, sings in the Seattle Jewish Chorale, and watches re-runs of Northern Exposure with her many beloved housemates.
Miriam Levin graduated from BCHSJS in 1980. She has the distinction of being one of the first students to graduate from BCHSJS when the school had an approximate enrollment of only 10 students. Her father, Walter, was instrumental in the founding of the school and remains on its Board of Directors to this day. Miriam attended Rutgers University where she met her husband, Alan. She graduated with a BA in Psychology and teaching certifications in elementary and special education. For the next six years, Miriam was employed as a special education teacher in two public schools in New Jersey. She is the mother of Eric, Jeremy, and Rebecca.
When Miriam's children were young, she re-connected with her roots as the Student Activities Coordinator for BCHSJS. For three years, Miriam planned theater trips, sat in ski lodges, went bowling, ice skated in Central Park, and went on roller coasters at Six Flags-Great Adventure with Fred Nagler and BCHSJS students. When Miriam entered graduate school at Rutgers University in 1997, she said goodbye to BCHSJS again. In 1999 she earned her MSW from Rutgers and then was granted certification as a New Jersey School Social Worker. She has worked in that capacity in the Hawthorne schools since 2001.
As Miriam pursued educational and occupational endeavors, she remained enmeshed in Jewish causes and organizations. She is a member of the Fair Lawn Jewish Center where she has served on the Religious Education Committee, the Crayon Project Committee and chaired the Hebrew School Principal Search Committee. Additionally, she is the author of the children’s book, In the Beginning, which was published by Kar Ben Copies in 1996. As she has grown, it has given her great pleasure to watch BCHSJS expand its course offerings, extracurricular activities and student base (including her three children).
Seth Lipschitz graduated from BCHSJS in 1992. He currently lives in Oakland, New Jersey with his wife, Rebecca, and three sons Sam (10), Joey (8), and Gabe (6). One of the main reasons that they chose Oakland was its proximity to the future home of Temple Emanuel of North Jersey, a synagogue that was in Paterson since 1909, but slated to move to Franklin Lakes. Seth quickly became involved in the synagogue and is currently serving his third and final, one year term as President. During his term as President, Temple Emanuel of North Jersey has sold its building in Paterson, and has purchased an existing house of worship in Franklin Lakes. Religious services have been held in the new building since the closing, and a rejuvenation of the synagogue has begun.
Seth has a B.A. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Computer Science from New York University. In his spare time, he enjoys camping and skiing with his family as well as playing tennis.
Randi Feigenbaum Marshall graduated from BCHSJS 1993. She went on to study Political Science and English at the University of Pennsylvania and later received her Master of Public Administration from Columbia University. She currently lives in Kew Gardens Hills with her husband, Scott, and daughter, Julia (6). She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Forest Hills Jewish Center, and serves as the fundraising vice president of the Parents' Association there. Her daughter attends Hebrew School at the Jewish Center, after having completed its Nursery School. She is also a life member of Hadassah. She is currently a reporter for Newsday, a daily newspaper on Long Island, where she has worked since 1997, first as a business reporter and now as part of the newspaper's prestigious investigations and enterprise team.
Marc Melzer graduated from BCHSJS in 1998. He is counsel of GreenFitters, Inc., an energy-efficiency consultancy, and is an attorney at Salloway Law Group, P.C. Marc is also currently pursuing an LL.M. in intellectual property and information technology law at Fordham Law School. In addition to his professional endeavors, Marc serves as a Kehilat Hadar gabbai (organizer), helping to organize and manage an egalitarian, independent minyan that serves a large community on Manhattan's Upper West Side. He is co-president of Tikvat Yisrael, a group working to create a model and setting to further pluralistic interactions among Jews. Marc has also been a participant in Hazon's New York Jewish Environmental Bike Ride for the past few years (He got engaged near the end of the 2009 Ride!) and has served on the Ride's steering committee. Since graduating BCHSJS he has sung with several Jewish a cappella groups, and currently sings with Avir.
Seth Mirowitz graduated from BCHSJS in 1998. Seth graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.A. in Communication. While at Maryland, Seth was an active member at Hillel and the Greek Jewish Council. He worked at Maryland’s Hillel for three years. He has a Master in Public Administration from the University of Baltimore. For the past four years, Seth has been working at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) where he currently serves as the Greater Philadelphia Assistant Area Director. Seth resides in Cherry Hill, NJ and is an active member of the Jewish community. He is a member of Temple Beth Sholom, and has served as a member of the Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey Young Adult Division Committee. Seth is married to Naomi Kulp Mirowitz and they have one son, Aaron Noah.
Kate Passow graduated from BCHSJS in 1996. She then went to Brandeis University where she majored in History and then relocated to the northern Virginia area to become a paramedic. After scouring the local area for reasonably priced High Holiday tickets, she found Loudoun Jewish Congregation, a lay led congregation. They were warm and welcoming and she became involved in reading Torah and Haftarah. In 2004 upon moving to a permanent home, Loudoun Jewish Congregation became Congregation Sha’are Shalom. Kate became a teacher in the religious school and moved up with her first class of fourth graders who are now the B’nai Mitzvah class. She served on the Rabbi Research and Search Committees, helping the congregation find its first full time Rabbi. For the past two years Kate has served as chair of the Ritual Committee. She is the Deputy Chief of Education, Disaster, and Special Projects for Physicians Transport Service. She is also a volunteer paramedic for the Sterling Volunteer Rescue Squad in Sterling, Virginia.
Lane Rosner graduated from BCHSJS in 2000. Lane is currently an Early Childhood Educator and Religious School Teacher at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue. He took these positions after completing his Masters in Teaching Visual Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
While in college, Lane studied Studio Art and Judaic Studies. Lane was an Executive Board Member of Binghamton University's Hillel. After graduation, Lane entered AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps, a year of volunteering devoted to direct work on the causes and effects of poverty in the United States while living in a Jewish community with other participants. Lane was placed at Metro TeenAIDS, an organization that empowers young people to prevent the spread of HIV in their communities.
Lane sits on the Board of Directors of the National Union of Jewish Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Students (NUJLS), an organization he was active in during college and where Lane met his partner, Louis Kieran Rosner. Lane currently lives with his partner on the Upper West Side where they are part of a vibrant Jewish community.
Ezra Shanken graduated from BCHSJS in 1998. He is the Senior Manager of the Young Adult Department and Major Gifts at the Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado and a third generation Jewish communal worker. He grew up in Teaneck and attended the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut where he graduated with a degree in Political Economics. While at the University of Hartford, Ezra was the president of his Hillel and anchored the on campus television show. Ezra is a Camp Ramah alum who is now serving as a member of the board of directors for Camp Ramah in the Rockies, Ramah’s newest camp concept. In addition, Ezra is a founder of E-3 Events; an organization that specializes in outreach to Jewish 20’s and 30’s through arts based events. Ezra is a member of the Mizel Jewish Museums Advisory Board, Mizel Arts and Culture Center Young Leadership Committee, Kol Dor GE and was one of the Co-Chairs of Professional Leaders Project 2008-2009 Skills Summit Series, which created a three part educational program in LA and NY to engage Jewish grassroots leaders. Ezra is statewide finance chair for the Colorado Young Democrats and is completing his Masters Degree in Non-Profit Management at Regis University.
Leslie Spindel graduated from BCHSJS in 2004. She currently lives in New Jersey and maintains a close relationship with the school. After graduating, she chaperoned trips and Shabbatons, and then began working in the school’s Teen Torah Center program in 2006. After working as an advisor in this program for two years, and graduating from Stern College with a B.A. in Arts in Education, she taught a BCHSJS class interweaving Torah passages and art. Leslie is currently the educational coordinator and overseer of Teen Torah Center. She is completing her Masters Degree in General Childhood Education from the Bank Street College of Education, and teaches fourth grade at Yeshivat Noam.
Marisa Rosner Yammer graduated from BCHSJS in 1999. She then went on Nativ, the year-long Conservative Leadership program in Israel. After Nativ, Marisa attended Rutgers University where she was an active member of the community as the leader of the Israeli Dance Troupe, Co-Chair of the Israel Inspires Conference and Vice President of Religious Life, where she oversaw the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform communities in addition to Shabbat meals, davening, and programming.
Marisa began dating her husband, Eytan, during her senior year. Since Rutgers, Marisa has learned for six months at the Drisha Institute in New York City, taught at Netivot Montessori in Highland Park and worked as the Assistant Director of Programming at Edah. For the past four years Marisa and her husband were Youth Directors at the Synagogue of the Suburban Torah Center in Livingston. There they oversaw Shabbat morning groups, Shabbat and holiday programming, and social events for all ages.
Currently Marisa is the Assistant Director of Continuing Rabbinic Education at YCT Rabbinical School. Marisa moved to White Plains where her husband is the Youth Rabbi. She is the proud mother of Yoav Moshe (3 years old) and Azarya Shimri (8 months old).